21st WANAKA AUTUMN ART SCHOOL 2010

WELCOME For this, our 21st annual school, we are delighted to offer you an exciting programme with highly talented tutors from New Zealand, Australia and the United States. Some are new to us, others are returning from previous years. The school is based at the modern Mt Aspiring College campus with practical classes exploring the district. We look forward to a stimulating week in the stunning autumn environs of Wanaka - an opportunity for learning and exchanging ideas and techniques as well as meeting a variety of people with diverse interests. Classes are limited so please register early to avoid disappointment. We may take bookings after the closing date, but classes may also have to be cancelled if there are insufficient numbers by that date. Updated information on the availability of classes will be posted on this website: www.autumnartschool.net.nz Where a class is full it is always worth contacting us to put your name on the waiting list. People do cancel and there is a chance you will get in. PROGRAMME: All classes, apart from fly tying and fishing, will run from Monday to Friday with registration from 8.30am on the first day.  Normal hours are 9.30am to 4.30pm although these are flexible according to class activities. A social hour will be held at the end of classes each day  - a chance to meet participants on other courses. There will be an exhibition of work by our tutors held at the school throughout the week. On Thursday evening there will be a casual meal at the College followed by a number of our tutors discussing their work. Bookings for the meal must be made prior to the school. Please include payment with your enrolment. Friends are also very welcome. If you prefer you may attend the evening after the meal. A Mini-market will be held following classes on Wednesday. Both tutors and participants are invited to sell their work. FEES: See 'Course Details' for fees which all include G.S.T. Please note that for some courses an extra charge will be required to cover materials, models, etc. Where these charges are not included in the brochure, they will be paid to the tutor during the course. CANCELLATION OF CLASSES: The organisers reserve the right to cancel classes if necessary. This will be decided by March 20 and fees will be refunded in full. If students cancel before March 12 a refund of fees paid less an administration fee of $30 will be made. Refunds will not be given for cancellation after this date except in special circumstances. All applications for refunds must be made in writing. REFRESHMENTS: Lunches at a reasonable price will be available on campus. Tea and coffee will be provided each day. ACCOMMODATION: A wide variety of accommodation is available in Wanaka including several backpackers' hostels, motor camps, lodges, B & Bs, private holiday houses, motels and first class hotels. Participants are to make their own arrangements, but if you require a list of facilities, please refer to www.lakewanaka.co.nz The status of each class will be regularly updated on this site. Please register early to avoid disappointment and facilitate planning.   COURSE TOPICS 2010 Writing - Joe Bennet Secrets of Still Life Drawing & Painting- Pippa Sanderson Water Colour Painting - Adrienne Pavelka Painting & Drawing - Jenny Dolezel The Many Faces of the Intaglio Print - Ron McBurnie Photographic Story Telling - Becky Nunes Digital Landscape - John Doogan Beginners Guide to Digital Photography - Dave Wethey Fly Tying - Mike Weddell Fly Fishing - Mike Weddell Tutorless Textiles The Sound of Your Own Voice- Jo Randerson Calligraphy - Versatile Tools & Materials - Olive Bull Book Arts - Yoka Van Dyk Cooking - Fiona Smith Wood Carving - Don Powell   The Wanaka Autumn Art School is a not for profit activity. Surplus funds provide scholarships for young & needy artists and the betterment of the arts in the Upper Clutha Community.

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Class No 101 - fee $310 WRITING Tutor - Joe Bennett Class Now Full Waiting List Applies This course is on writing well. Looking at the mechanics of prose, the how-to-do-it practicalities. Dissecting writers from Hemingway to JK Bloody Rowling, seeing how they achieve their effects or fail to, and then doing it better ourselves. Joe is English-born, a former teacher, a full-time writer since 1998, a syndicated columnist, and author of too many books.     Class No 102 - fee $310 SECRETS OF STILL LIFE DRAWING & PAINTING Tutor: Pippa Sanderson Class Now Full Waiting List Applies When is a pipe not a pipe? When it looks like a cigar? Wrangle those naughty objects into shape with this excellent drawing and painting course for beginners and those with some experience. Beginning with learning how to see as an artist – easier than you might think – looking at shading, visual measuring, framing and more, we explore the basics of drawing, using a variety of materials and subjects. You will then learn from the beginning how to construct a convincing painting yourself. Using acrylic paint, we will cover blending, a range of painting techniques, descriptive brushstrokes, how to see colour and tone clearly, and how to compose a painting. You will have a set of tools to pursue painting independently and to continue building your skills in further painting courses. No previous experience needed for this one! .Pippa is a Wellington-based artist with an MFA from Massey university who has been teaching drawing and painting for many years. She has exhibited her work, and published her art writing in New Zealand and overseas. Her most recent exhibition was ‘Quest’ at Photospace in Wellington, and she has curated a show, ‘The Blue Room’ which is currently touring the country. You can see Pippa’s work on her website,  www.pippasanderson.info Class No 103 - fee $310 WATER COLOUR PAINTING Tutor: Adrienne Pavelka Class Now Full Waiting List Applies This is a course beginning with the basics, encouraging confidence and mastering colourful transparent washes then progressing to experimenting with different techniques. Skies, landscapes and still life subjects will be demonstrated at each step. The course is loosely structured to accommodate each student's individual style development. Be prepared for a day's painting and drawing outdoors. Having fun and enjoying the company of other like minded folks is compulsory! Adrienne has tutored from Dunedin to Pukekohe and enjoys sharing her knowledge and passion for water colours. Her work has been exhibited in Mexico, Canada and throughout New Zealand. Visit her website at www.adrienne-pavelka.com for more information.   Class No 104 - fee $310 PAINTING & DRAWING Tutor: Jenny Dolezel Class Now Full Waiting List Applies In this course Jenny invites you to immerse yourself totally in your creativity – developing your own ideas, your own style and personal expression in the wonderful world of painting and drawing.This course is suitable for students who have had some experience with paint through to people who have painted for a longer period but who are looking for a new dynamic approach.Students will be set an assignment, and will be given invaluable practical demonstrations. Critical feedback and discussion on your work will be given. Information on ways to continue working after the course and on how to make a career and a living from being an artist will be discussed. Jenny works full time as a painter, drawer and printmaker. She has won 18 art awards for her work. In 2006 she won first prize in the Parklane Art Awards (judged by Peter Siddell) and first prize in the BMW Awards (judged by James Wallace). Other awards include winning the Paramount Award in the James Wallace Art Awards, and first prize in the Royal Overseas League Art Award in London with one of her paintings topping all the Commonwealth entries. Murals of her work can be seen at the Aotea Centre and Skycity in Auckland and at The Boathouse in Sydney. Her work is represented in most public art collections in New Zealand, and also in Australia, Ukraine and the Czech Republic, and many private collections. Jenny is a graduate of Elam School of Fine Arts where she has also lectured and taught numerous workshops. Autumn at Maungawera and Albert Town gilbert van reenen Class No 105- fee $310 THE MANY FACES OF THE INTAGLIO PRINT Tutor: Ron McBurnie Have you ever made etchings and would like to broaden the range of intaglio techniques you use? In this workshop we will introduce and use a variety of alternate intaglio processes in combination with etching to add variety and richness to the prints produced. Intaglio print processes such as etching, chine colle, paint-tint, spit bite, white ground, mezzotint, drypoint, electric engraving and roulette will be demonstrated to the group so that you can find processes which suit your own direction and working methods. Different forms of presentation for the intaglio print such as the edition, the artist’s book, the multiple, and the broadsheet will also be investigated. Special emphasis will be placed on each participant’s individual and personal directions so that each person will produce a series of etchings and/or an artist book showcasing their own personal flair and design. Original, historical and contemporary examples of each intaglio print process will be shown and discussed with the group.Previous experience would be useful, but beginners are also welcome .MATERIALS FEE: $175 Ron is currently artist-in-residence at James Cook University. He began fulltime lecturing in Visual Arts at Townsville TAFE in 1982 and continued to work in that capacity at JCU until 2006. He is a practising artist with a national reputation in the areas of printmaking and book arts. His work is represented in most major Australian state galleries and in the National Gallery of Australia. Between 1993 and 2003, Ron was co-director of Lyrebird Press, an artists’ book press based at JCU. He is currently the director of Monsoon Publishing, a printmaking and book arts studio based in Townsville. Monsoon publishes collaborative editions with many prominent Australian artists. He has travelled widely and been artist-in-residence in the States, Belgium and France as well as a number of Australian institutions. He has won a number of awards including the prestigious Fremantle Print Prize. His website is www.ronmcburnie.com. Class No 106 - fee $340 PHOTOGRAPHIC STORY TELLING Tutor: Becky Nunes   Enhance your visual language to create stronger narratives within a series of images.During this workshop we will look at the tools of visual language and how they can best be used to create powerful photographic images. We will also examine the ways that editing and sequencing can strengthen the impact of your narratives.We will consider how best to approach your chosen subject matter, how to maximise expressive elements of light and composition, and how to place images in a dialogue with each other for maximum impact.Participants must have a DSLR or SLR camera with fully manual capability and a sturdy tripod. If working digitally access to a laptop and photo-imaging software would be ideal. Each participant will work out the subject matter for their photo-essay with Becky at the beginning of the week. Becky is a commercial photographer with 15 years’ experience, working in the areas of architecture, food and people. She is also now a full-time tutor at Whitecliffe College of Art and Design in Auckland, where she heads the BFA photography major. In August Becky became the 2009 NZIPP Commercial Photographer of the Year. She has had work published in many national and international publications. Her largest published project to date is Mau Moko, written by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku and published in 2008. Her website is www.beckynunes.co.nz Photo by Becky Nunes Class 107 - fee $340 THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE Tutor: John Doogan Class Now Full Waiting List Applies This is a course for landscape photographers wanting to get the most out of digital technology. Attendees will take photographs throughout the week which will be processed and critiqued during the course. It is assumed that attendees are already familiar with their computer, their computer filing system and Photoshop. Attendees need a digital SLR for fieldwork, a tripod, a card reader, a laptop loaded with Photoshop and/or Lightroom, and a mouse – as a trackcard will not be sufficient.John will teach the course using Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Adobe Lightroom 2. Digital techniques covered will include exposure, the histogram, adjusting with curves, black and white, RAW vs jpg, layers and layer masking, making panoramas, image sharpening and printing. Camera techniques covered will include the effect of lenses, aperture and shutter speed, filters, tripods and specialised equipment, lighting and composition. John is a professional photographer working in Christchurch, and is a Fellow with two bars of the NZ Institute of Professional Photography. His recent work includes landscape photography for annual reports and calendars and retouching assignments for advertising agencies. He was the NZIPP Landscape Photographer of the Year in 2007, 2005 and 2001, and in 2005 also won the NZIPP Editorial Photographer of the Year award. In recognition of his ability with Photoshop John was, in 2006, appointed as Adobe Ambassador. This role includes teaching Adobe Photoshop, promotion, and being a beta tester of Photoshop products as they are developed. In 2007 John was awarded the NZIPP James White Overseas Study Grant and used this to attend Photoshop World in Boston .Examples of his work can be viewed at www.digitalcactus.co.nz and www.landscapephoto.co.nz. To view details of tours John runs in Italy go to www.italyphototour.co.nz Class No. 108 - fee $310 THE COMPLETE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO DIGITAL Tutor: Dave Wethey Class Now Full Waiting List Applies Have you been using a digital camera for year and been happy just to point and shoot, but now want to explore the real capabilities of these cameras? Do you want to get beyond the point of just taking snaps and learn how to create images that have impact? Have you got thousands of photos on your computer and are wondering if there is a better way of managing them? What can you do with all those files that are ‘locked’ away in a computer? How can you enhance them? What are the printing options and what else can you do with them? It can be intimidating but this fun-filled,  creative week will take the mysteries out of the digital camera and explore the creative uses of all those features plus look at the associated use of a computer to manage, enhance and use photos. It will all be explained in practical workshops and in easy to understand language – that is guaranteed. Topics will include understanding quality and resolution, shooting in low light, using flash effectively, photographing  people, motion, sports, creating strong compositions, using lens(es) effectively and more. A laptop would be a big advantage for this course as would Adobe Photoshop Elements or Adobe Photoshop. Dave runs an imaging and photography consultancy and comes from a professional career spanning three decades in the newspaper industry where he worked as a chief photographer, a specialist in digital imaging and as an illustrations editor. He has been involved extensively in the implementation of digital technology and has comprehensive knowledge of digital cameras, applications, systems, digital management and publishing. He specialises in teaching and training in photography, digital imaging, design and the effective use of images for the newspaper industry, tertiary institutions including the University of Canterbury and Christchurch Polytechnic as well as for groups, businesses and personal tutoring and mentoring. Bee & Rata Blossom - photo by Dave Wethey Class No 109A - fee $124 FLY TYING (Monday & Tuesday) Tutor -MIKE WEDDELL This course will cover the basic tools and techniques of fly tying to enable students to tie practical patterns for both the local area and other parts of the country. Class No 909B - fee $186 FLY FISHING (a three day class - Wednesday,Thursday, Friday) Tutor -MIKE WEDDELL In this session which may (but not necessarily) be a follow-on from the fly tying, participants will cover the right tackle required, casting, tactics and choice of flies. Apart from a few lessons at the College, most of the time will be spent putting theory into practice in some of the finest trout fishing areas in New Zealand. A local fishing licence is a pre-requisite. Mike is a noted fly fishing expert, five times British Fly Casting Champion and World Professional Fly Fishing Champion. He is author of two books on the sport, 'How to Teach Yourself Flycasting' and 'Ten of the Best Trout Flies', and he writes a regular column for the Otago Daily Times. fly fishing class on Dean's bank www.cleangreen.co.nz Class 110 - fee $105 TUTORLESS TEXTILES   If you work with textiles in any form this may be the course for you. Come and join like-minded people for five days working on your own projects. Bounce ideas off each other or bury yourself in a corner. This can be a time to experiment with new ideas and techniques or a time to concentrate on a ‘body of work’ or a time to get those works in progress finally finished. Learnt a new technique? Preparing for an exhibition? Here’s your chance to give it your undivided attention. There will be plenty of space available. At the same time enjoy the stimulating atmosphere of the school and take in the tutors discussing their work. Class No 111 - fee $310 THE SOUND OF YOUR OWN VOICE Tutor: Jo Randerson This course encourages individuals to develop their own writing voice for performance. It will suit those wishing to create their own solo, playwrights and devisors. We will work around the specific needs of the group resent, supporting and critiquing each other, and will use practical exercises to build a vocabulary for creating theatre work. The emphasis will be on brave, original expressions by the writer/creator. Please send a paragraph to a page detailing a little about yourself and what you will be interested in focussing on during the workshop (no finished plays please, but works in progress or fledgling ideas welcome). Jo is a Wellington-based artist and theatre-maker. She is Artistic Director of Barbarian Productions and is the author of four books and many plays. She received the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award in 1997, was the Robert Burns Fellow in 2001 and is an Arts Foundation New Generation Laureate. For further information see www.joranderson.com and www.barbarian.co.nz. Class No 112- fee $310 CALLIGRAPHY VERSATILE TOOLS & MATERIALS Tutor: Olive Bull In this course we will take a close look at lettering tools and materials – some familiar and some not-so-familiar. The marks that these tools make on different surfaces can give life and emphasis to otherwise “ordinary” letterforms. This allows a calligrapher much more choice when trying to make the words reflect the meaning of the text. Students will make some of their own tools, as well as use others not normally used for lettering. Cut letters, embossing and writing on fabric will be included. Tuition will include Neuland Hand, and knowledge of Italic or Foundational Hand would be useful. A keepsake sampler book will be made as future reference. The final exercise will be for students to begin small pieces of work using their new skills and tools. Olive’s interest in calligraphy developed  in 1982, and she began teaching in 1984. Her own studies include workshops with visiting international tutors, correspondence courses from the UK and the USA; and extended periods of time in both these places and Italy attending classes on specialist topics. She has taught extensively in Australia from Cairns to Hobart (and many places between), at McGregor Schools at the University of Southern Queensland, for Queensland Arts Council, and at the past seven “Summer Schools in Winter” events held in Melbourne. Her ‘former life’ as a high school teacher has assisted her in passing on the passion she has for her subject, and helping others develop their own skills. Major commissions include three RAAF squadron badges, work for the Queensland government, including citations presented to governors and other dignitaries. Examples of her work are held in the James Hardie Collection of Rare Books in Queensland, the National Gallery in Canberra, the New South Wales state library, and private collections. Class No 113- fee $340 BOOK ARTS Tutor: Yoka Van Dyk Class Now Full Waiting List Applies Between Eastern scroll and Western codex – inspiration, contemplation and exhilaration. Using inspiration from ancient Japanese decorated scrolls and Western illuminated manuscripts such as the beautiful Books of Hours from the late Middle Ages we will work on several projects during this week, such as a medieval style binding, a miniature booklet and a Japanese-style Haiga (illuminated haiku poems). We will also try our hand at some eastern and western decoration techniques to bring some splendour to our own pages and contemplate personal content. This is a class for people who also want to look beyond the covers and like to plunge into an exhilarating adventure on the page…… Yoka is a printmaker, book artist and calligrapher who resides between New Zealand and The Netherlands. It is the very personal and intimate process of working with her own poetic words and images in a particular chosen book format that never ceases to captivate her. Each artist book she creates, whether an edition book or a one-off, consists of footprints left behind of an emotional or conceptual journey and these become the visual marks of her existence.Yoka holds a degree in Printmaking and Book Art from Wanganui Quay School of Art and an MA in Visual Art and Design (Hons) from Auckland University of Technology. She has taught bookbinding, book art, printmaking and design at the UCOL Art School in Wanganui and also taught numerous workshops, summer school and classes over the last 20 years throughout New Zealand. She is currently on a cultural sabbatical in The Netherlands where she is making a study of illuminated manuscripts, returning to New Zealand in time for this art school.   Class No 114 -fee $310 COOKING Tutor : Fiona Smith   Join Fiona in preparing a selection of the best homestyle recipes from her travels round the world and  her favourites from closer to home. She will share ideas, presentation tips and cooking stories from those travels and in her work as a writer and food stylist. MATERIALS FEE: $120 After completing her degree in Consumer and Applied Science at Otago, Fiona worked in London as a food stylist and, during the winter, ran a private chalet in the Swiss Alps. As deputy Food Editor for Cuisine agazine she now writes mainly food and travel features. She also runs a successful food styling business. She has won a number of awards for recipe feature writing, food styling and travel features. Fiona is also author of a diverse range of cook books, the latest of which are Beets, Leaves & Limes and  Patés & Terrines. Raw Materials - photo by Dave Wethey Class No. 115 - fee $340 WOOD CARVING Tutor: Don Powell This course will cover all aspects of carving and Don will teach through a project from conception to completion covering design, wood selection, tool requirements, sharpening and finishing. For the main project of the week you will have a choice of a horse head, a human head or a figure. During the week there will also be a hand held carving session and for this Don will have a number of suitable projects. For illustrations of some of these see Issue No. 61 of the Australian Wood Review magazine, published in December. There will be a charge for wood which will be provided for this course. Don is a Maleny, Queensland, based wood sculptor who displays a deep passion for his work, classically identified by the realism and intricate detail in his carvings. He has a particular affinity for figures but works on a wide range of subjects. In 1996 Don was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study teaching methods in Europe. He is now a highly respected teacher, author of articles on woodcarving and has been working on a very special project - St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney. Some of Don's work displays a combination of a variety of timbers and also metal, stone and jewels for stunning effects of colour and texture. Don's philosophy is that wood fits comfortably with anything, something truly natural, being one of God's greatest gifts to mankind.

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